Here is a picture of Baby Carson Yocum and Josh. We went to go see Cary, Melissa, and Carson before they left for Colorado. Melissa he is such a doll!

Sidney has become a woman!

My little Sidney has become a woman! To my surprise this morning, I woke up with seeing little red spots. Yea, it might be gross but she couldn't help it. Poor baby doesn't know what is going on with her body. Anyways, I got my resolve and cleaned it right up. That stuff does wonders! Every bit of it came out. So, now today before I drive down to Houston, I have to go pick up some doggy diapers! Our other dog, Bailey, is fixed, but we decided that we were going to try and have puppies with Sidney. We'll see. Well, that is is so far today. I will try and update again. Hope y'all have a good weekend.

Everything is Moving

Josh and had our monthly doctor visit yesterday to check on baby Caleb. He was doing fine! She took a few more measurements and said that his thigh bone (forget the medical term for it) was long. His head looked big too. Actually, a lot of things looked a lot bigger. She found his digit too and said "Yup, it's still a boy". Very cute. She checked out my placenta and said that it has repositioned itself and is moving up fine. She still marked me down as placenta previa, but she said that things can return back to normal. I thought that was an answered prayer. I didn't want to have complications. I have been experiencing a lot of cramping but I think that is just do to nerves and stress. I saw his little face too. He looked like he had a pug nose like mine! So cute! I can't wait to meet him in person. I have 17 more weeks! I also found out from my doctor that she is 3 weeks behind me pregnant with her second boy! I thought that was neat. Although she may be delivering me when she is huge or someone else will be delivering. Either way I am very happy for her. She is the sweetest dr. I need to promise that I will post pictures of our ultrasound! Our computer at home has been acting funny so I will try tonight after youth. I promise. My mom has been wanting to see them. Sorry Mom.
Well, onto the next move...A lady in our church is leaving for Afghanistan in April of 2006 and has asked Josh if he and I wanted to live in her house "RENT FREE" for one year! Crazy huh? It is a 2-story house and it is only like 5 minutes from our house now. All we would have to do is pay for the utilities and watch her dog for her. Of course that doesn't matter because we love dogs and have 2 of our own. So, I think we may take the offer. We would be saving almost 9,000 dollars and be able to get out of the debt that we have got since we have been married. I was a little reluctant about it at first because the first thing I thought about was the baby's nursery and how cute we had decorated it and then I thought about having to change all of my addresses. But now that I have been thinking about it more, it would be stupid not to take this opportunity. So that is the news. I guess I should start packing a little bit now with the clothes that I don't wear (pre-maternity) because I am sure that I won't be wearing them in April yet either. Gosh, I hate moving. I know that we were not going to live in this home forever but just the thought of having to move makes me feel exhausted. I am going to get back to work now. Yeah for it being Wednesday! Only 2 more days for the weekend. We are going to Houston for Lacey's birthday. That should be fun.

Shower!

Hey Girls

My mother-in-law is giving me a baby shower in Houston and said that I could invite y'all. If you are wanting to go email me your address so we can send y'all an invite. It will be November 5th. Not sure about the time, but it will be at Josh's dad's church. Greens Bayou Assembly of God. Let me know. My email is aliciaallard@yahoo.com. I totally understand if you can't make it either.

Jecy, I'm sorry again that I couldn't be there for baby Elliot's shower. I will be excited to see him at mine though! Jenny, I don't need your address cause your Aunt will probably get it from your mom or maybe she will just invite y'all all together from the same invitation. I don't know, but don't worry. Okay, talk to y'all later and have a good weekend.

Thanks again for all of your encouraging words.

Oh Yeah, CONGRADULATIONS LINSDEY ON YOUR NEW BABY GIRL!!!

Why I haven't blogged

It has been very hard lately having to deal with this mess. People keep telling me, it's okay God has something out there for you, but to be honest it has been so hard having to trust in Him. I know that I should know better and that God does really have something out there for me, but it is so scary what has taken place. I would have never imagined myself in this position. I guess that is why God has me here for the moment. Because I would have never had to rely on Him completely. It is one thing if it was only Josh and I, but because we are bringing another little one into this, I want to be able to give this baby everthing he needs to live and be happy. Josh has been handling my situation pretty good for the most part. He has had to be strong for both of us when I have been weak. Yes, I have been weak. I have done plenty of crying. I don't think I have cried this much in a long time. While all my emotions have been stirring, I think that little Caleb knows that I am going through something because he has been moving quite often. It makes me smile when I look down and see and feel that he is in there kicking and squirming. I just hope it doesn't upset him either. Every day gets a little easier to accept this but every day it gets closer to the closing date of my job and I don't have another one lined up yet. Who would want to hire a 5 1/2 months pregnant woman? I just don't know. I have sent out about 10 resumes. I had an interview yesterday with one of them. I guess it went okay, but the whole time I was nervous that they were going to ask if I was pregnant. I'm sure if I went to a grocery store or Walmart I could get a job, but I need something with benefits and something that is going to be flexible with Josh's job and the church. I know now exactly how some people in this world feel. Josh and I were laying on our bed last night just talking and I started to get teary eyed again and told him that I loved our bed. He looked at me with a funny face. I said that I would have never appreciated the things that we have as much as I do now. Our bed is really comfortable. Anyways, I look around and now I thank God for what we have. I am not looking around and wishing I had more. Although, don't get me wrong, I am a girl and would love so much more, but I understand the circumstances. Well, I guess I could go on and on about this subject but there is no sense of sulking over it. I just need to have faith and trust that God will take care of us (all 3 of us).

On a better note, Josh finally felt the baby kick. I have been telling him for a couple of weeks now that I have been feeling the baby, but he couldn't feel him. We were laying in bed the other night watching a movie (scary) and I guess the baby could hear or maybe he was trying to get comfortable, but all of sudden he just started throwing himself around in there. I told Josh to give me his hand. Josh didn't know at first what he was feeling for but then finally he looked over at me and said was that one? I was like yeah! You felt it? He had a big smile on his face and then started calling his name. Caleb, Caleb, Caleb? It was really cute. That always brings a smile out. Well, I am still here at work, so I do need to get back to it, but I will try to bring myself to update again more often. I hope all is well out there with all of you.